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the obama administration meanwhile reportedly has decided to exclude cia drone strikes in pakist from new legal oversight for targeted killings overseas. the washington post reports counter-terrorism adviser and cia-nominee john brennan has signed off on a plan to exempt the drone attacks in pakistan from a list of operations that would be covered under newly enacted rules. areas covered in the so-called play book include the process for adding names to kill lists, the principles for killing u.s. citizens abroad, and the command chain for authorizing cia or u.s. military strikes outside war zones. the exemption of drone strikes in pakistan would allow the cia to continue carrying them without -- tearing them without a legal framework for a to two years. the hostage standoff in a jury of his ended in the deaths of dozens of people, including up to 48 of the captured workers. algerian forces say they recovered at least 25 bodies after storming the militant held gas complex saturday, bringing the confirmed death toll to least 80. witnesses say the hostages were brutally executed. the tol
the obama administration meanwhile reportedly has decided to exclude cia drone strikes in pakist from new legal oversight for targeted killings overseas. the washington post reports counter-terrorism adviser and cia-nominee john brennan has signed off on a plan to exempt the drone attacks in pakistan from a list of operations that would be covered under newly enacted rules. areas covered in the so-called play book include the process for adding names to kill lists, the principles for killing...
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government interesting, strange bedfellows, the nra and the obama administration, it was the obama administration that at the last minute ended these talks last july. you had the head of amnesty international saying this was a stunning comic artists act by the obama administration when at the last minute did an about- face and scuttle progress toward global arms treaty. so that people, especially the activists, cannot organize because it happened at the very end. nra and obama, here at home they seem like pampers i sat on each other, but they're the work together. >> the nra has peddled untruths about this international arms trade treaty since the beginning. it was suggested in some way with impact on their ability internally within the u.s. to bear arms, which is an absolute nonsense. so not only are the strange bedfellows on the international stage, but even what is happening domestically should be put in its place by the obama administration itself domestically. but it has used the nra effectively, and i think for domestic reasons in the lead up to the election, to prevent the passage of the t
government interesting, strange bedfellows, the nra and the obama administration, it was the obama administration that at the last minute ended these talks last july. you had the head of amnesty international saying this was a stunning comic artists act by the obama administration when at the last minute did an about- face and scuttle progress toward global arms treaty. so that people, especially the activists, cannot organize because it happened at the very end. nra and obama, here at home...
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so this has been a policy that has skyrocketed during the obama administration. there have been now over 300 drone strikes in pakistan alone. thousands of people killed the amazing thing about it is how, one, we of been like to by people like john brennan, now the nominee for the cia, saying it had been almost no civilian casualties. and the other is how incredibly counterproductive this policy is because it is the best recruiting tool for al qaeda and the taliban. going to pakistan and feeling the visceral hatred toward the united states -- even here the foreign minister of pakistan when asked, why do three out of work consider the u.s. the enemy, she had a one word answer -- drones. this is calling millions of people, in fact, three out of four would be 100 billion pakistanis, to feel the u.s. is our enemy and hate us. i think the drone policy under the obama administration is making as less secure and is setting a precedent that says we can go anywhere we want, killing one we want on the basis of secret information. in the meantime, selling drones across the w
so this has been a policy that has skyrocketed during the obama administration. there have been now over 300 drone strikes in pakistan alone. thousands of people killed the amazing thing about it is how, one, we of been like to by people like john brennan, now the nominee for the cia, saying it had been almost no civilian casualties. and the other is how incredibly counterproductive this policy is because it is the best recruiting tool for al qaeda and the taliban. going to pakistan and feeling...
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if the obama administration has confirmed reports it's drafted a backup plan should congress fail to pass congress of the immigration reform. according to usada, the obama proposal would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain legal permanent residency status within eight years while containing massive spending on border militarization. president obama returned to his hometown of chicago on friday as part of a post-state of the union tour. he announced the visit in the aftermath of the killing a 15- year-old hadiya pendleton, a chicago teen shot days -- shot dead just days after performing at obama's second term inauguration. obama said the rate of killing people in chicago is equivalent to newtown massacre occurring every four months. >> something profound and uniquely heartbreaking and tragic, obviously, about a group of six-year olds being killed, but last year there were 443 murders with a firearm on the streets of this city, and 65 of those victims were 18 and under. so that is the equivalent of a new town every four months. and that is precisely what the overwhelming majority o
if the obama administration has confirmed reports it's drafted a backup plan should congress fail to pass congress of the immigration reform. according to usada, the obama proposal would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain legal permanent residency status within eight years while containing massive spending on border militarization. president obama returned to his hometown of chicago on friday as part of a post-state of the union tour. he announced the visit in the aftermath of the killing...
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s e aclu sues the obama administration over its secret nsa phone spying program, we will look at how the government could use phone records to determine your friends, medical problems, business transactions and places you have been. our next guest, susan landau, a mathematician, argues this metadata can be more dangerous than transcripts of actual conversations. then a debate on the man behind the leaked nsa documents. is edward snowden a hero or a traitor? >> it is getting to the point were you don't have to have done anything wrong, is simply have to eventually fall under suspicion, even by a wrong call, then they can use the system to go back in time and scrutinize every decision you have ever made, every friend you have ever discussed something with, and attacking on that basis to sort of derive suspicion from an innocent life and paint anyone in the context of a wrongdoer. >> we will speak with journalist chris hedges and geoffrey stone, the former dean of the university of chicago law school who hired barack obama to teach constitutional law in 1992. then 50 years ago today, ci
s e aclu sues the obama administration over its secret nsa phone spying program, we will look at how the government could use phone records to determine your friends, medical problems, business transactions and places you have been. our next guest, susan landau, a mathematician, argues this metadata can be more dangerous than transcripts of actual conversations. then a debate on the man behind the leaked nsa documents. is edward snowden a hero or a traitor? >> it is getting to the point...